The footage that will ruin takeaway food for you: Delivery driver eats out of customer's restaurant meal before shaking package to make it look full
- Food delivery driver seen eating someone else's meal before dropping off order
- The moment was filmed by restaurant owner Anarug Humigan from his balcony
- The driver is seen digging into one of the containers, then repacking the order
A food delivery driver has been caught tucking into someone else's meal shortly before dropping the partially-eaten food off to complete the order.
Restaurant owner Anarug Humigan noticed the Easi Australia delivery driver pull over on his scooter and unpack up to five containers of food from the carrier bag.
In a video taken from Mr Humigan's balcony, the driver can be seen digging into one of the containers before resealing it and repacking the order so the partially eaten container sits at the bottom of the bag.
A food delivery driver (above) has been caught tucking into someone else's meal shortly before dropping the partially eaten food off to complete the order
After sampling the meal, the driver can be seen looking around, dropping the used fork on the ground, before taking a gulp of his drink to wash down the meal.
He even pops a mint before getting back on his bike to deliver the half-eaten meal.
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'He did that for like two or three separate containers and he was like fixing it properly so that the customer wouldn't know,' Mr Humigan told A Current Affair.
'I actually yelled at him and he knew that he got caught but he didn't even look at me, he just drove off'.
In the video the driver (above) can be seen digging into one of the containers before resealing it and repacking the order so the partially eaten container sits at the bottom of the bag
After sampling the meal, the driver can be seen looking around, dropping the used fork on the ground, before taking a gulp of his drink to wash down the meal
Mr Humigan said he used Easi Delivery to deliver food from his shop Little Piazza but now no longer uses the service because drivers may tamper with the quality of his products.
He said the food could be contaminated by the driver and customers may become sick.
'They may blame the restaurant. Restaurant is in trouble ... honestly, I feel very unsafe. I feel very unsafe that the food that I sent to my customer, doesn't reach to the customer how I sent,' he explained.
New South Wales Minister of Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean said restaurant reputations were at stake and warned that as home delivery becomes more popular, quality control is at risk.
Easi Delivery said 'of course opening up food containers during delivery process is strictly prohibited' in a statement and said the delivery driver's employment will be terminated.
The company claimed they have a policy in place requiring restaurants to use 'insulated food cases and provide restaurants with seals for delivery bags,' so customers can be assured their food has not been tampered with.
